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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072241 | Semiconductor device having diode-built-in IGBT and semiconductor device having diode-built-in DMOS A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate; a diode-built-in insulated-gate bipolar transistor having an insulated-gate bipolar transistor and a diode, which are disposed in the substrate, wherein the insulated-gate bipolar transistor includes a gate... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7365379 | Solid state imaging unit and endoscope A solid state image pickup device includes: a first area defined on a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate; a second area defined in an area adjacent to the first area along a first direction; and a third area defined in an area adjacent to the second area... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352228 | Method and apparatus of a level shifter circuit with duty-cycle correction A method and/or a system of control signal synchronization of a scannable storage circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a first circuit to operate based on a first voltage of a first power supply, a second circuit to operate based on a second vo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7127793 | Method of producing solid state pickup device A producing method of producing a solid state pickup device is provided. Imaging elements are formed on a wafer in a matrix form. Each of the imaging elements has a light receiving surface and plural contact points. Receiving surface border portions are formed on a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7015289 | Process and apparatus for reducing take-off valve plugging in a polymerization process A slurry polymerization process removes a portion of the fluid slurry without using a settling leg or a continuous take-off. The process uses a reactor take-off valve that is periodically fully closed and fully opened such that the withdrawn slurry is removed from t... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6573750 | Charge transfer device, and driving method and manufacturing method for the same In a charge transfer device and a driving method therefor, electrons are injected through an insulating film into floating gate 108 or electrons are extracted through the insulating film from the floating gate 108, whereby the potential of the floating ga... | 06/03/2003 |
| 5357548 | Reversible charge transfer and logic utilizing them Logically and thermodynamically reversible charge transfer (RCT) devices and logic are provided for conditionally transferring individually identifiable charge packets from one or more sources to one or more destinations under the control of one or more a... | 10/18/1994 |
| 4383326 | Clocking signal drive circuit for bucket brigade device A bucket brigaded device is provided which includes first and second clocking signal generators for generating a first set and a second set of clocking signals respectively, a plurality of successive capacitors for sequentially holding charge level repres... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4217600 | Charge transfer logic apparatus Charge transfer devices are adapted to provide all possible forms of combinational logic functions by using combinations and variations of a basic state inversion-bit regeneration element. This basic element employs electrically floating means in the vici... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4170041 | Logic gate utilizing charge transfer devices A logic gate utilizing charge transfer structures is disclosed which forms the building block for a TWO (2)-INPUT ADDER (HALF ADDER) and a THREE (3)-INPUT ADDER (FULL ADDER). The logic gate includes a first storage gate for receiving charge packets repres... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4155076 | CCD Gray-to-binary code generator N charge signals GN-1 . . . G0, each of different weight in N CCD channels, represent an N bit Gray code. The charge signal GN-1 representing the most significant Gray code bit is sensed to produce an output charge signal ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4151429 | Differential charge sensing circuit for MOS devices A non-destructive sensing of mobile charge in charge transfer devices or other MOS devices is accomplished by the use of a circuit utilizing two operational amplifiers. One operational amplifier is employed as an inverting amplifier responsive to one inpu... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4135104 | Regenerator circuit The problem of gradual dissipation of charge in charge packets in charge-coupled devices (CCDs) as the packets are successively shifted is overcome by a regenerator circuit which also provides a basic structure for effecting elemental logic and arithmetic... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4119961 | CCD Binary-to-Gray code generator N charge signals BN-1 . . . B0 in N channels represent an N digit binary code. The charge signal BN-1 representing the most significant binary digit is sensed to produce an output charge signal GN-1 representing... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4035782 | Charge coupled device circuit for use with a semiconductor Storage Unit or a semiconductor Logical Unit A charge coupled device circuit for use with a semiconductor Storage Unit or a semiconductor Logical Unit which includes at least a charge coupled device serially connected with a transistor between a supply voltage line and a reference potential (such as... | 07/12/1977 |
| 3986176 | Charge transfer memories Charge transfer memories such as those of the bucket-brigade or of the charge-coupled device (CCD) type include, at each location, a store which is separate from the normal means for charge storage. Charge is transferred from the normal means of storage t... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3986172 | CCD register interface with partial-write mode Interface circuitry for a charged coupled device (CCD) register system. The circuitry enables a PARTIAL-WRITE mode of operation on a CCD storage register. A data bus, which may be bi-directional, is coupled to the sense amplifier of the CCD storage regist... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3947705 | Method and system for achieving and sampling programmable tap weights in charge coupled devices The specification discloses a circuit for sampling charge stored adjacent a phase electrode in a charge coupled device and for selectively weighting the sampled charge. The circuit includes a first insulated gate field effect transistor connected at its s... | 03/30/1976 |
